# Orationes 63-64

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, 63 to 64. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/63

οὐ τοίνυν οὐδὲ ἐκεῖνο ἀληθές φασιν ὅτι δὴ περιῄει μόνος ἄνευ στρατιᾶς. οὐ γὰρ δυνατὸν πόλεις τε ἐξαιρεῖν καὶ τυράννους καταλύειν καὶ πᾶσι πανταχοῦ προστάττειν χωρὶς δυνάμεως. δτι δὲ αὐτουργὸς ἦν καὶ τῇ ψυχῇ πρόθυμος καὶ τὸ σῶμα ἱκανὸς καὶ πάντων μάλιστα ἐπόνει, μόνον αὐτὸν ἔφασαν βαδίζειν καὶ πράττειν ἅπαντα ὅσα βούλοιτο. καὶμὴν ὅ γε πατὴρ αὐτοῦ πολλὴν ἐπιμέλειαν ἐποιεῖτο, ὁρμάς τε ἀγαθὰς ἐπιπέμπων καὶ εἰς ὁμιλίας ἀνθρώπων ἀγαθῶν ἄγων. ἐσήμαινε δὲ καὶ διʼ οἰωνῶν καὶ διʼ ἐμπύρων καὶ διὰ πάσης μαντικῆς ἕκαστα.

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Dio Chrysostom, Orationes, ed. Hans Friedrich August von Arnim. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0612.tlg001.local001/.